Friday, February 12, 2010

Toll House Butterscotch Chip Cookies and Snow

It has been a crazy 24 hours here in Texas. As some of you know I live 30 miles south of Dallas and we have been hit with a Texas blizzard! I have lived in this area my whole life and I can honestly say that I have never seen it snow like this ever in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. We have had 10-12 inches of snow in a 24 hour period. That is a lot of snow for us Texans! My family has enjoyed all that Mother Nature has given us. Now we are dealing will our tree tops breaking from all the heavy snow. We live on 3 acres with LOTS of tree's. The way I see it, is if all we have are fallen trees to pick up then we are lucky. We are very grateful to be safe, warm and have electricity ;).

So what do Texans do on a snow day?

SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!

Spike, striking a pose.

Snow Angel

My son and his friend from next door with Frosty

The creek behind our house

This picture makes me laugh, look at the snow on top of the handle of the buried shovel. You can see part of a tree top on the ground. We will have some cleaning up to do.

So after all the fun of playing in the snow we needed something to fill our bellies so of course I thought of sugar. I had this recipe on my list of cookies to try and today was the perfect day to try them out.

This cookie is really tasty, especially if you like butterscotch and toffee. It is a simple Toll House cookie recipe, and I added few extra's to it to suit our taste buds. Give them a try, they are delish!

20 comments:

I live about 20 miles North of Dallas (near Frisco) and we also had a great time playing in the snow. Your cookies look great and your fire looks warm! I really enjoy your blog, Happy Valentines Day!-AndreaPumkin Tart

I cannot believe, my southern cousin, that you are getting sooo much snow. I live in frosty New England, and we have not nearly had that amount of snow. I am starting to think that the world may be turning upside down. As I look out my little computer room's window I can see BARE patches of ground. Usually we have snowbanks so high on the sides of our driveways that we cannot see over them. This has been the oddest winter in recent memory.

But those cookies....certainly fill the heart with love and fill the belly with goodness! Great pix! Now I want cookies.

Oh these sound great! I love your blog!!As for the snow...c'mon over to upstate NY and we will gladly share anytime. This year everyone seems to be getting more that we are! Not that I am complaining.......